Oklahoma Amends Recording Requirements

Oklahoma recently passed Senate Bill 57 (SB 57) to amend margin requirements found in title 19 of Oklahoma Statutes Section 298 (Okla. Stat. tit.19, § 298).

Effective on November 1, 2024, new margin requirements will apply to “every instrument offered which may be accepted by the county clerk for recording, affecting specific real property whether of conveyances, encumbrance, lease, assignment of lease or release of lease.”  Documents that affect the ownership of real property will require a top margin of two inches instead of one inch.  All other margins must be at least one inch instead of one-half inch.

Title 19 of Oklahoma Statutes Section 298 does not apply to plats, filings under the Uniform Commercial Code, or any other instruments that may be filed pursuant to any other law.